INDIAN CULTURE
PAPER – II
NOTE : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Microlithic tools are the main tools of
(A) Lower Paleolithic period
(B) Middle Paleolithic period
(C) Mesolithic period
(D) Iron Age
2. Which Harappan culture site has yielded the evidence of the cotton ?
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Lothal
(C) Harappa
(D) Mohenjodaro
3. Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Pali lilterature as
(A) Mahavira
(B) Nigantha Nataputta
(C) Vardhamana
(D) Videhaputta
4. In which of the following forms of marriage the payment of the bride price was a condition ?
(A) Asura
(B) Paisacha
(C) Prajapatya
(D) Rakshasa
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below :
6. The head of village administration Gramani or Gramika generally belonged to which Varna ?
(A) Brahmana
(B) Kshatriya
(C) Vaisya
(D) Sudra
7. The Chief of Sren organization in Budha’s time was known as
(A) Bhojaka
(B) Sarthavaha
(C) Sresthi
(D) Jye thaka
8. The first Jaina council was held at
(A) Pava
(B) Pataliputra
(C) Valabh
(D) Vaisali
9. The republic state against which Ajatashatru faught was :
(A) Koliya
(B) Sakya
(C) Malla
(D) Vajji
10. Arrange the following women in chronological order
i. Amrapali
ii. Vasantsena
iii. Sutanuka
iv. Jawala
Select your answer from the code given below :
Codes :
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
11. Which of the writer mentions about Ashoka’s palace at Patliputra ?
(A) Magasthenes
(B) Fahien
(C) It. Sing
(D) None of the above
12. Puranas mention which of the dynasties of South India ?
(A) Pallavas
(B) Cholas
(C) Rashtrakutas
(D) Satavahanas
13. In the Mauryan administration ‘Sannidhata’ was incharge of
(A) Royal treasury
(B) Store house
(C) Cavalry
(D) Provincial administration
14. Which of the following inscriptions mentions that the state had made provision of two granaries for relief in the time of distress ?
(A) Pillar Edict VII of Ashoka
(B) Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela
(C) Piprahwa Vase Inscription
(D) Sohgaura Bronze Plaque inscription
15. Rock cut caves at Barabar hills were carved during the time of
(A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Desratha
(D) Kharavela
16. The Indo-Greek envoy Heliodorus erected Garuda Pillar during the reign of
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Bhagabhadra
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Vasumitra
17. Who of the following rulers performed horse sacrifice ?
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Kharavela
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Gautamiputra Satakarni
18. Match List-I with List-II and select correct answer from the code given below the lists :
19. Kaveripattnam was
(A) Pallava capital
(B) Temple Town
(C) Army Centre
(D) Famous Sea-port
20. Which of the following texts expounds the philosophy of Sunyavada ?
(A) Abhidharmakosa
(B) Lankavatarasutra
(C) Madhyamika – Karika
(D) Sutralankara
21. Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of
(A) Kumardevi
(B) Kuber Naga
(C) Dhruva Devi
(D) Datta Devi
22. A prominent centre of the Pasupata sect during the Gupta period was
(A) Kashi
(B) Mathura
(C) Ujjayini
(D) Vidisa
23. Who issued battle axe type of gold coins ?
(A) Samudra Gupta
(B) Chandra Gupta – II
(C) Kumara Gupta
(D) Puru Gupta
24. Given below are two statements; one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Samudragupta has been shown playing Vina on some gold coins.
Reason (R) : He was an expert in music.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
25. Which of the following Gupta gold coin type has the depiction of Ganga on the reverse ?
(A) Parasu type
(B) Vina type
(C) Vyaghra type
(D) Ashvamedha type
26. The identification mark of Trithankar Mahavira image is
(A) Elephant
(B) Horse
(C) Dear
(D) Lion
27. Match List-I (Temple) with List-II (Place) and select the correct answer using the code given below :
28. Match List-I (author) with List-II (work) and select the correct answer using the code given below :
29. Indicate one of the works of Kalidas which referred the temple of Mahakala at Ujjain ?
(A) Raghuvamsa
(B) Kumarsambhava
(C) Meghadutta
(D) Malvikaganimitram
30. In which of the following temples makar torana is the architectural part ?
(A) Chola Temple
(B) Pallava Temple
(C) Parmar Temple
(D) Chandella Temple
31. A lady from a village of Kashmir who wrote lol-lyrics or love verses in the late sixteenth century was
(A) Lalla Ded
(B) Rupa Bhawani
(C) Habba Khatun
(D) None of the above
32. ‘Zawabit’ means
(A) State laws
(B) Islamic laws
(C) Military laws
(D) Laws for sufi way of life
33. The first book ‘Khair-ul-Bayan’ in Pasthu language was written by
(A) Bayazid Raushan
(B) Akhund Darwiza
(C) Khushal Khan Khatak
(D) Niamatullah Khan
34. The famous painter of the 18th century Bhola Ram belonged to the Painting style of
(A) Garhwal Painting
(B) Sikh Painting
(C) Rajput Painting
(D) Mughal Painting
35. The fort of Gagron in Rajasthan belongs to which one of the following styles ?
(A) Audak fort
(B) Parwat fort
(C) Dhanwan fort
(D) Van fort
36. Who is the Author of the famous composition ‘Amukht Malyad’ of the Vijay Nagar empire ?
(A) Nar singh
(B) Sada Shiv Rao
(C) Raja Krishna Dev Rao
(D) Dev Rao – II
37. The known sources do not support the preference of drinking Ganga water by the following ruler ?
(A) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
38. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Alwar and Naynar Saints were pure hearted saints of Bhakti movement.
Reason (R) : They were of the view that the Almighty does not present himself before a soul who is proud, reasonful and full of logic.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
39. Who established Akal-Takht ?
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Guru Govind Singh
(C) Guru Hargovind
(D) Guru Har Rai
40. Aurang was a collecting centre for
(A) Textiles
(B) Land Revenue
(C) Agricultural Production
(D) Weapons
41. Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning the commercial activities of Baniyas during the pre-colonial period ?
(A) At village level they traded on agrarian products.
(B) They acted as money-lenders giving loan to the state officials and nobles associated with trade.
(C) In towns they deal with grain, textiles, gold, silver spices etc.
(D) Generally they did not own ships for conducting trade.
42. Who founded the Arya Sabha ?
(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(C) Pandita Ramabai
(D) Sarojini Naidu
43. When was the Hindu Mahasabha founded ?
(A) 1917
(B) 1920
(C) 1923
(D) 1926
44. In which language did Prem Chand start his literary career ?
(A) Hindi
(B) Persian
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Urdu
45. Arrange the following daily newspapers in chronological order of their launching
1. The Tribune
2. The Times of India
3. The Hindustan Times
4. The Statesman
Select your answer from the code given below :
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 2 1 3
46. Who launched the Faraizi Reform Movement ?
(A) Sayyid Ahmad Khan
(B) Shariat Ullah
(C) Karmat Ali
(D) Dada Miyan
47. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The British India Government could not abolish the untouchability.
Reason (R) : It was afraid of arousing the hostility of orthodox sections of Indian society.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
48. Which of the following works is often considered as an authentic statement of Gandhian political ideology ?
(A) My Experiments with Truth
(B) Hind Swaraj
(C) Satyagraha in South Africa
(D) None of the above
49. Theoretical reference to ‘imagined communities’ first appeared in the work of
(A) B. Anderson
(B) B.S. Miller
(C) J. Boulton
(D) H. Kulke
50. Who among the following musicians is not a vocalist ?
(A) Bhim Sen Joshi
(B) Ali Akbar Khan
(C) Pandit Kumar Gandharva
(D) Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
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